rain-barrel effect

rain-barrel effect definition - telecom
The echo effect caused by signal reflection. In a real-time voice application, the effect is much like talking into a rain barrel. If you would like to experience the effect, but do not have a rain barrel handy, any barrel will do. See also echo.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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